Yoga and Flexibility

Just as strength training makes you stronger, yoga makes you more flexible. Whether holding a stretch for 2 to 4 minutes, enjoying short stretches or lightly stretching out at the end of a power North Shore yoga class, your connective tissues are being stretched a little more each time and your joint are being lubricated by synovial fluid, which allows your bones to gently move over each other.

Maintain Flexibility

Having a regular yoga practice is enough to create and maintain results, but if you are able to add more, it is recommended to practice 5 - 7 times per week. If you are practicing power yoga, always mix gentle yoga between your power practice days.

Flexibility in Day to Day Life

Greater flexibility allows for a greater range of motion throughout your body. If you sit at a desk all day, your yoga practice will help your spine lengthen and your shoulders rest below your ears, creating greater posture and alleviating back pain. If you enjoy running, yoga will create more flexibility in your hip flexors and extensors, allowing a better stride and better posture, and reducing pressure on your knees.

So, the next time you feel too inflexible to take a online yoga class or you hear someone else say they are, remember that yoga makes flexibility, rather than flexibility making yoga.